eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | hagfish, slime eels |
Type of | jawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathan |
Has types | eptatretus, myxine glutinosa, myxinikela siroka |
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